Barely did anything, visited my dad for dinner and a film as usual. We watched the second Wimpy Kid film and I played video games when I got back. I'm not one to make a big event of my birthday (I never really have been, I like to keep it somewhat tame).

Only film I got was for myself: The Lost Empire (1984), starring Phantasm's Angus Scrimm. I watched a dub of it on YouTube (it's supposed to be in English, I'm sure, but the upload was in Japanese), and I thought the ending was so outrageous I had to buy it.

Rock-a-bye baby it's time to break habits that you face sweet sorrow of the cherished dead
Blow in my mouth every breath I take although I need you I don't wanna bleed for you

So long suicide going right out of sight out of mind leave me alone and abandoned
Hello I'm alive I'm lone and alive in my bones I know what I'm good for
Hello I'm alive I'm lone and alive yes I know in my bones I know what I'm doing

...was one phone call. I'm deeply engrossed in watching Dr. Who out in the living room when the phonr rang, and my first thought in my head was that it was Mom. The thought skyrocketed out of my head. Of course it wasn't Mom, it was my cousin/next door neighbor Pat. But for a minute there, I had truly forgotten that Mom has passed away.

Woke up, took a ride to go get some food and stopped by the graveyard to see if there had been ay progress on Mom's grave. They finally put the footing in for the stone, but no stone yet. Updated the family on the slow progress. Then I took a ride to the Toy Vault and picked up an Alan Scott figure because I thought Darth Andrea's collection was pretty cool, and I'm missing Scott's presence from my own. As Parallax called him, I like to think of him as "The Statesman". I think that's...

going as Hal Jordan GL tonight. Looking forward to it. Today was kind of nerve racking for some reason. I thought a lot about my mom, who paseed away a few months ago. Not sure how to "get over" it or if you ever do. I miss her so much.